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Bulgaria reports 2002 new cases of Covid-19 out of 14,215 tests performed

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2002 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, out of 14,215 tests performed, indicate data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. 14.1% of the tests have returned positive result. The highest number of new infections was reported in Sofia-394, followed by Varna-188, Plovdiv-184 and Burgas-123. The number of new recoveries is twice bigger than the number of new Covid-19 cases.

There are 59,087 active cases of Covid-19 at present. 8,435 patients are being treated in hospital, 786 of them in intensive care units.

3,935 people have recovered in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 recoveries to 318,208 since the beginning of the pandemic. 100 people have died in the past 24 hours.

19,168 vaccines have been administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of inoculations against Covid-19 to 676,501. 143,185 people have received their second vaccine dose.




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